Morning Bell: Senators, Do Your Job and Get to Work
On the front page of the White House’s website, a clock slowly ticks away, second by second, counting down to the day, hour, minute, and… Read More
Enough Political Theater – Time for Congress to Get the Job Done
As the clock counts down toward Christmas, Congress still has major unfinished business to attend to. Not that we should be surprised. Emblematic of a… Read More
Pelosi’s Economic Policy Forums Included Husband’s Business Partner
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) is knee-deep in allegations that she used her influence to personally enrich herself and her family since becoming speaker… Read More
Obamacare Set for Oral Argument
Today, the Supreme Court released the oral argument schedule for the consolidated Obamacare challenges. The Court will hear oral argument on March 26, 27 and… Read More
House and Senate Cloakroom: December 19 – December 23
Analysis: Over the weekend the Senate passed a two month extension of the payroll tax cut, unemployment insurance and SGR (the doc fix) along with… Read More
The NYT Online Learning Smear Campaign
Last week The New York Times published what can only be described as a “hit piece” against online learning and leading virtual education provider K12… Read More
Teachers Lose Under National Standards Proposal
There are numerous misconceptions about the impact that national education standards and tests would have on education. But a new misconception has surfaced: that centralized… Read More
VIDEO: As Obamacare Support Falls, Lawmaker Offers Patient-Focused Plan
Support for Obamacare sunk to 29 percent in the latest Associated Press poll. The widespread dissatisfaction with President Obama’s signature achievement is one reason Rep…. Read More
Mr. President, There’s Bipartisan Support for Keystone XL
The Keystone XL pipeline, which would bring 700,000 barrels of oil per day from Canada to refineries in Texas and give a major boost to… Read More
Obama’s $4 Million Hawaii Vacation
President Obama had hoped to be in Hawaii today for the start of his 17-day Christmas vacation. Instead, he’s stuck in Washington until Congress finishes… Read More
Increasing Instability in China Bodes Ill for 2012
For the last three months, the village of Wukan in Guangzhou, China, has been the scene of unrest. Locals were outraged that, for years, their… Read More
Keynesians Should Listen to Keynes
As we’ve argued countless times, government attempts to stimulate the economy create uncertainty that often paralyzes business decisions. Don’t take our word, though. In a… Read More
Poll: Americans Reject Class Warfare Talk by Obama, Occupy Wall Street
A new poll from Gallup suggests that President Obama’s class warfare argument and the Occupy Wall Street movement are failing to resonate with Americans —… Read More
Millionaire Tax Would Punish the Biggest Job Creators
Senate Majority leader Harry Reid (D–NV) drifted off to fairy-tale world this week and dreamed up some statistics as he did. On the floor of… Read More
LawNews
The Trial of Alleged Wikileaks Informant Bradley Manning
Bradley Manning, the Army private who allegedly leaked classified information to WikiLeaks, starts his trial process today with an Article 32 hearing at Fort Meade… Read More
House of Representatives Makes Legislative Data More Accessible
Citizens across America will have a powerful tool to hold their elected leaders accountable come January. The House of Representatives today adopted new standards that increase… Read More
Appropriations Tracker FY 2012 Shows Spending up, Not Down
With fiscal year 2012 spending bills now at the brink of completion, The Heritage Foundation’s Appropriations Tracker: FY 2012 has been updated to reflect the… Read More
More EMP Discussion Good, but Stick to the Facts
The mention of an electromagnetic pulse (EMP) attack in the presidential GOP debate hosted by The Heritage Foundation and the American Enterprise Institute has ignited… Read More
Iran’s Pernicious Influence in the Western Hemisphere
There has been a lot of discussion recently of Iranian involvement in Latin America, especially with the recent plot involving an assassination attempt against the… Read More
Ryan-Wyden: The Basic Ingredients of Structural Medicare Reform
Congressman Paul Ryan (R–WI) and Senator Ron Wyden (D–OR) have proposed a new bipartisan framework for structural Medicare reform. It continues the conversation with the… Read More
Judicial Hellholes: 10 Places Not to Do Business in the United States
Given the sad state of our economy, the bad investment climate, and the danger posed by profligate federal spending and ever-increasing government regulation, American entrepreneurs… Read More
Morning Bell: An 11th-Hour Spending Deal That Comes Up Short
With Christmas just a week away and the new year nearly upon us, Congress came within a whisper of yet another potential government shutdown and… Read More
Mega-Omni: Another Get-Out-of-Town Budget Debacle
The House mega-omni—the massive nine-bill appropriations package now moving toward a vote in the House—represents another disappointing failure to cut spending and prove Congress can… Read More
Peace on Earth—even on Capitol Hill
Perhaps it was only because ‘tis the season, but there was some rare harmony on Capitol Hill at the House Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and… Read More
Alternate Titles for “Day Without Goldman Sachs”
On December 12, Occupy Wall Street (OWS) attempted to shut down West Coast ports from Anchorage to San Diego. Protesters said that by shutting down… Read More
Decrease in Young Uninsured: Does Obamacare Deserve Credit?
Yesterday, the Administration released data from the 2011 National Health Interview Survey that shows, among other things, that the number of uninsured young adults declined… Read More
Morning Bell: It’s Time to Kiss the Tax Code Goodbye
Ready for a new year and another bout with the Internal Revenue Service, deductions, exemptions, pens and pencils, calculators, receipts, 1040s, W-2s, accountants, Quicken, TurboTax,… Read More
Morning Bell: The Truth About the Balanced Budget Amendment
In case you’re not keeping track, it has been nearly 1,000 days since the United States Senate passed a budget. Meanwhile, America’s fiscal nightmare keeps… Read More
Washington Tackles America’s Biggest Problem: Loud TV Commercials?
America’s $15 trillion debt is soaring. Some 13.3 million Americans are unemployed. The economy is stagnant. Regulations are weighing down job creation. But hey, Congress… Read More
Obama’s Keystone XL Indecision Already Costing Jobs
It didn’t take long for President Obama’s delaying of the Keystone XL pipeline to start having disastrous economic consequences. Fox 16 reports from Little Rock,… Read More
